With the entry into force of Royal Decree-Law 7/2018, of 27 July, on universal access to the National Health System, the universality of the right to health protection and medical assistance is guaranteed, under the same conditions, to all persons in Spain, enshrining a new model of health protection that separates insurance from the public funds of the Social Security and is linked to residence in Spain, as well as to those persons who, without habitually residing in Spain, have their right to medical assistance in Spain recognised by any other legal title.
All of this results in a strengthening of the National Health System as a right linked to citizenship.